巴不得 in English ba1 bu5 de5 Meaning

Meanings

• (informally) to be eager for
• to long for
• to look forward to

Pinyin

ba1 bu5 de5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 不bu4(negative prefix) 得de2to obtain